Sooooo since no one has posted anything I decided I needed to!
We have survived the semester! I got A's and B's and a couple of C's, and Dan got all A's and B's. We're awesome. Now we're just hanging out around the house. Dan is the lead guy at work during the summer break and so he can pick most of his hours, which means lots of time spent with me! Mostly we've just played Minecraft. I'll be honest. Ok, to be super honest we were sick all last week (I mentioned this in another blog post on our family blog) and so all we really wanted to do was sit around the house playing Minecraft. I think it's way fun!
Besides trying to get myself to clean my house, Dan walked with me to the craft store in town one day and we picked up a board and a cool glass thing so I can finally use the vinyl quote things I bought over a year ago! I'll paint the board sometime soon. Also, Mom and Dad gave me a sewing machine for my birthday so I'm hopefully going to use it to make some skirts for church. There's a gal in my ward who knows how, and her hubby and my hubby get along so maybe I'll invite her over. And there's another gal in our ward who makes ridiculously tasty bread and she gave us all the recipe so I want to try making that too since Mom's bread recipe doesn't exist anymore. (Except for maybe that new recipe she was talking about..?)
Other than that, I'm not doing anything super fun or exciting. We're going to visit Mom and Dad at the end of August, so I'll hopefully get to see both of you sisters! Until that visit we're going to see Andrew and Julie on Wednesday, and hopefully go to Yellowstone and/or Jackson Hole sometime too. While I like playing Minecraft, I refuse to only do that for the next six weeks!
Hope to hear from you guys soon!
-Ashy (and Dan)
Monday, July 30, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
My Birthday!
It was my birthday this last weekend! It was so much fun! I was sad because Mom and Dad and KT and everyone else couldn't come up but Dan spoiled me.
I got to sleep in, and then we ate breakfast and walked around the park and then had lunch and I got a snow cone!! And then we went home and played games and then went shooting with Dan's new 22 and we shot up his spinners. I did awesome, as always.... Haha!
And then for dinner we went to a Thai restaraunt! It was tasty- I had fried rice and Dan had curry, and I've never had curry but wasn't brave enough to get it as a meal so I tried some of Dan's. It was kind of weird, I wasn't sure what to think of it! I wanted to like it but it was a little weird. He said it tastes better if they don't use coconut milk, so next time I get the chance to try coconut milk-less curry... But my fried rice was SO good!
Then we went to Wally World to try some of their skirt s because I can't think of the last time I bought myself skirts and we found one that was long enough and we both liked. And then we went to Coldstone and got the "gotta have it" size of ice cream! It was so yummy! And then we went home because we had school the next day..... yucky. I wish the day would never have ended!
Oh, and for my birthday Dan got me roses and a new mixer attachment, the one with the spatulas on it that I've been dying to have. That hasn't come yet, he didn't order it early enough but I'm so excited for when it does come!
And I had my standard yellow cake with chocolate frosting, too, and I didn't put too much milk in the frosting so it actually is desireable cake! And I learned that you can make frosting without the vanilla and it still tastes just as good. (We maybe sort of kinda need to go grocery shopping...)
Overall it was fabulous. I can't wait for Mom and Dad and the boys to come visit this Wednesday! I'm so so sososososososo excited!!
Happy Birthday to me!
-Ash
I got to sleep in, and then we ate breakfast and walked around the park and then had lunch and I got a snow cone!! And then we went home and played games and then went shooting with Dan's new 22 and we shot up his spinners. I did awesome, as always.... Haha!
And then for dinner we went to a Thai restaraunt! It was tasty- I had fried rice and Dan had curry, and I've never had curry but wasn't brave enough to get it as a meal so I tried some of Dan's. It was kind of weird, I wasn't sure what to think of it! I wanted to like it but it was a little weird. He said it tastes better if they don't use coconut milk, so next time I get the chance to try coconut milk-less curry... But my fried rice was SO good!
Then we went to Wally World to try some of their skirt s because I can't think of the last time I bought myself skirts and we found one that was long enough and we both liked. And then we went to Coldstone and got the "gotta have it" size of ice cream! It was so yummy! And then we went home because we had school the next day..... yucky. I wish the day would never have ended!
Oh, and for my birthday Dan got me roses and a new mixer attachment, the one with the spatulas on it that I've been dying to have. That hasn't come yet, he didn't order it early enough but I'm so excited for when it does come!
And I had my standard yellow cake with chocolate frosting, too, and I didn't put too much milk in the frosting so it actually is desireable cake! And I learned that you can make frosting without the vanilla and it still tastes just as good. (We maybe sort of kinda need to go grocery shopping...)
Overall it was fabulous. I can't wait for Mom and Dad and the boys to come visit this Wednesday! I'm so so sososososososo excited!!
Happy Birthday to me!
-Ash
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Well, I'm alive too....
Alrighty.... Well I clearly haven't posted for a long time. Sorry about that. I've been pretty busy lately, for many reasons. I went to an amazing musical at school. Sweeney Todd. It was fantastic, and Erika and Matt Gaither both did AMAZING. Seriously. I was wowed beyond belief, and when Erika hit the high A above high C, I almost peed my pants. I even got goosebumps! It was great! And Matt was just silly, it was great.
School wise? Ick. I'm not doing well in algebra because my teacher refuses to teach, and trig is going ok, but I have to take both of those finals.... I'm gonna fail. As it is I'm already almost failing the classes themselves... Band is going dandy, have to take that inal too... Physics is going FANTASTIC! I'm very proud of myself. I currently have 104% in that class! :D so happy. U.S. History is goin alright... English is going great. Oops I gotta write my idiom paper.... Before tomorrow. I should get that done. You know, I shouldn't blog. I get too distracted too easily. The heck. Anyways.... As to what Emily was tryin to not tell anyone, my plans for next year? Well, I'm thinking about starting my Associates in Applied Sciences in Collision Repair at WDT next spring, after first semester of high school. That equals about 67 credit hours that are mostly hands on, in the shop. I'm pretty excited.
I'm still looking for a job, for the summer and for next school year both. It's not going so well. Poopy. Having a good source of income would be wonderful. However I don't know if it's going to happen at this rate. Finals are this week, as well as epiphanies. Epiphanies are, for all you that don't know, the rewards ceremony for the drama people at Central. It means I get to look pretty in a fancy dress and sit down for a long time! And eat good food! But that's that.
Anyways, I don't know what else to say right now. So.... Love you all! Toodles! -Caite
School wise? Ick. I'm not doing well in algebra because my teacher refuses to teach, and trig is going ok, but I have to take both of those finals.... I'm gonna fail. As it is I'm already almost failing the classes themselves... Band is going dandy, have to take that inal too... Physics is going FANTASTIC! I'm very proud of myself. I currently have 104% in that class! :D so happy. U.S. History is goin alright... English is going great. Oops I gotta write my idiom paper.... Before tomorrow. I should get that done. You know, I shouldn't blog. I get too distracted too easily. The heck. Anyways.... As to what Emily was tryin to not tell anyone, my plans for next year? Well, I'm thinking about starting my Associates in Applied Sciences in Collision Repair at WDT next spring, after first semester of high school. That equals about 67 credit hours that are mostly hands on, in the shop. I'm pretty excited.
I'm still looking for a job, for the summer and for next school year both. It's not going so well. Poopy. Having a good source of income would be wonderful. However I don't know if it's going to happen at this rate. Finals are this week, as well as epiphanies. Epiphanies are, for all you that don't know, the rewards ceremony for the drama people at Central. It means I get to look pretty in a fancy dress and sit down for a long time! And eat good food! But that's that.
Anyways, I don't know what else to say right now. So.... Love you all! Toodles! -Caite
Friday, May 18, 2012
Sun, Moon, and Stars
First of all, I'm alive and well in Colorado/Wyoming. I add the slash because the ranch I'm at sits right on the border, so we're riding along and I'm never quite sure where the line is and what state I'm in. Second of all, this post is inspired by the occasional look back at our lives.
Whenever I meet someone that doesn't know my family, just me, and I talk about my sisters, I always compare us to the sun, the moon, and the stars. We're all so very different from each other, and yet we get along and each shine in our own different ways. We also have our own times to shine and we're all so gorgeous!
As I was talking to my little sister on the phone yesterday (sorry, Ash, I ran out of time before I had the chance to call you), I thought about how the three of us have taken our separate ways, and they're all very different from each other. Ashley's off in Idaho, married and working on being an artsy person, with her music degree and all. I'm off in the middle of nowhere on a cattle ranch, getting down in the dirt and playing with the pigs and the horses and the cows, still not 100 percent sure on what I'm going to do with my life when I go back to Utah to college. And Caite is planning on graduating high school and going to the local tech school, and going somewhere with her life that allows her to do hands-on things, I won't say exactly what cause I'll leave that to her ;).
And yet, we can be very similar. All of us are optimistic for the future, strong in the gospel, love our family, and happy with where we are in life, or if we're not, we get there. I can honestly say that I am so proud of my family for choosing good paths in their lives and with how we get along. I'm just proud as a peacock of my two lovely sisters, as well as my three brothers. And I know my sisters will agree that we all have the best parents in the world!
As for how I'm doing on the ranch, I might start a new blog for that. I've got some pretty great stories. But then again, I might not.... I have a hard time remembering to blog.
Ashley and Caite, post on here soon! If I can do it, so can you!
Whenever I meet someone that doesn't know my family, just me, and I talk about my sisters, I always compare us to the sun, the moon, and the stars. We're all so very different from each other, and yet we get along and each shine in our own different ways. We also have our own times to shine and we're all so gorgeous!
As I was talking to my little sister on the phone yesterday (sorry, Ash, I ran out of time before I had the chance to call you), I thought about how the three of us have taken our separate ways, and they're all very different from each other. Ashley's off in Idaho, married and working on being an artsy person, with her music degree and all. I'm off in the middle of nowhere on a cattle ranch, getting down in the dirt and playing with the pigs and the horses and the cows, still not 100 percent sure on what I'm going to do with my life when I go back to Utah to college. And Caite is planning on graduating high school and going to the local tech school, and going somewhere with her life that allows her to do hands-on things, I won't say exactly what cause I'll leave that to her ;).
And yet, we can be very similar. All of us are optimistic for the future, strong in the gospel, love our family, and happy with where we are in life, or if we're not, we get there. I can honestly say that I am so proud of my family for choosing good paths in their lives and with how we get along. I'm just proud as a peacock of my two lovely sisters, as well as my three brothers. And I know my sisters will agree that we all have the best parents in the world!
As for how I'm doing on the ranch, I might start a new blog for that. I've got some pretty great stories. But then again, I might not.... I have a hard time remembering to blog.
Ashley and Caite, post on here soon! If I can do it, so can you!
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Belated Birthdays!
Almost a month ago it was Mommy's birthday! Happy Belated Birthday Mommy!!
And it was our baby brothers' birthday a week later. He's crazy... but we love him!
Nothing much happening here... just wondering how Meema is doing at the ranch and how KT is doing on finals...........
Nothing much happening here... just wondering how Meema is doing at the ranch and how KT is doing on finals...........
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
We're So Goofy
And we're awesome. I just want to say that too.
I MISS YOU GUYS!!
-Ashy
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
I liiiive.....
Just saying, that picture that my older sister posted? That's gross. And I hardly ever say that about pictures of me.
No really, I'm here. I've meant to post in the sister blog, but um... evil forces were working against me and I couldn't do it.
At any rate, we had a sister reunion this past weekend! All three of us, in one place at the same time!! :O Can you believe that? Not only that, but it was a blast! :) Ash came down from Rexburg, and Caite came out from South Dakota, and they both came to see me :D not really.... I mean, Caite came out for a prom dress and Ash came down to see Mom and Caite because apparently I'm not good enough by myself ;) but all the same, whatever works! I'll pull whatever strings I can to get them to come visit. I got to show my sisters my apartment and the awful hill I climb every day... and I loved every minute of it. Caite and Ash, you are both missed very much.
We haven't really spent much time together since Ash went off to college. And then she got married. And then I went to college. And it's never been the same.... I still remember the night before Ashley got married. We were riding in the Gaither bus and Caite and I were sitting behind Ashley and I turned to Caite and said, "Caite, Caite! I can see what's happening... And they don't have a clue! They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line.... Our trio's down to two..." And it was so true, was it not? The next day she got married and it was me and Caite.
But no big. Some day, eventually, Caite and I will both be married as well and the three of us will plan get togethers with our kids and reminisce about the old days. I still remember the crazy things we did as kids.... Like when we put the sprinkler under the trampoline, did a 'rain dance' and turned the sprinkler on and danced around in it like heathens.... and all the many times Ashley and I had crazy (stupid) ideas and knew they were potentially dangerous so we tried our ideas out on Caite... Good times.
At any rate, no promises for when exactly I'll post in the future. Don't take it personally; my journal probably thinks I've left it for good and at this exact moment is crying in the corner wondering what it did to drive me away. I'm not so good with this. But I'll try.....
<3 Meems
No really, I'm here. I've meant to post in the sister blog, but um... evil forces were working against me and I couldn't do it.
At any rate, we had a sister reunion this past weekend! All three of us, in one place at the same time!! :O Can you believe that? Not only that, but it was a blast! :) Ash came down from Rexburg, and Caite came out from South Dakota, and they both came to see me :D not really.... I mean, Caite came out for a prom dress and Ash came down to see Mom and Caite because apparently I'm not good enough by myself ;) but all the same, whatever works! I'll pull whatever strings I can to get them to come visit. I got to show my sisters my apartment and the awful hill I climb every day... and I loved every minute of it. Caite and Ash, you are both missed very much.
We haven't really spent much time together since Ash went off to college. And then she got married. And then I went to college. And it's never been the same.... I still remember the night before Ashley got married. We were riding in the Gaither bus and Caite and I were sitting behind Ashley and I turned to Caite and said, "Caite, Caite! I can see what's happening... And they don't have a clue! They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line.... Our trio's down to two..." And it was so true, was it not? The next day she got married and it was me and Caite.
But no big. Some day, eventually, Caite and I will both be married as well and the three of us will plan get togethers with our kids and reminisce about the old days. I still remember the crazy things we did as kids.... Like when we put the sprinkler under the trampoline, did a 'rain dance' and turned the sprinkler on and danced around in it like heathens.... and all the many times Ashley and I had crazy (stupid) ideas and knew they were potentially dangerous so we tried our ideas out on Caite... Good times.
At any rate, no promises for when exactly I'll post in the future. Don't take it personally; my journal probably thinks I've left it for good and at this exact moment is crying in the corner wondering what it did to drive me away. I'm not so good with this. But I'll try.....
<3 Meems
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